Smoke 'em if you got em. [Runaway diesel?]
- Thread starter Elric
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This is weird. My brother grumbled something about a combine-fire a few weeks ago and I just didn't even ask. I'll wait until the "sting" subsides a bit and see if he offers details.
His father-n-law passed late this summer and he (my brother, who is not a farmer) has been trying to get crops off, and I don't think it's going to smoothly.
His father-n-law passed late this summer and he (my brother, who is not a farmer) has been trying to get crops off, and I don't think it's going to smoothly.
Neighbor comes over one afternoon 30 + years ago. We were 5 miles W of Grace Idaho. Conversation went like this "John, You got any water? sure Dee let me get you a glass. No my combines on fire". I ran out on the cindered driveway in socking feet and pulled the extinguisher out of my work truck. His started had arced and started some grease on fire that spread to a hose. Two days later he stops me and shows me his fire extinguisher.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Having spent 28 in the fire service, that is common. They have a fire then go buy an extinguisher.
Petrol & Powder
Well-Known Member
I have always placed fire extinguishers, parachutes, and handguns in the same category:
You hope you never need one.
The need for those items rarely arises.
But when you do need one – the need is very great, you need it right now and nothing else will do.
RicinYakima
High Steppes of Eastern Washington
Liquid water turning to steam at a ratio of 1 liquid to 1700 gas; going to be loud!
Ian
Notorious member
I keep a fire extinguisher right beside my bed and many other places. Nearest firearm is two steps further. Clint Smith noted some statistics of being killed by an intruder versus burning to death in bed, made me think we should all have live firehoses and Nomex slicker suits under our beds and just keep the guns in the safe.
Petrol & Powder
Well-Known Member
Well, I'm not sure where the statistics would fall today (and where you lived would play into that) but the odds are mighty slim on both sides of the attack by firearm or attack by fire.
However, low odds don’t matter much when you are in the middle of an emergency, the survivors of the Titanic would be able to attest to that.
I don’t go through life in constant fear because that’s not really life. A simple plan and maybe a Little Bit of preparation goes a long way.
And by the way, we hold fire drills in every school multiple occasions per year, but it has been decades since a kid has died in a school fire. Maybe we should spend a little more time arming a few responsible adults in each school and cut back on the fire drills. We would probably save more lives.
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I've been mighty glad to have one of those fire put-er-outers three times.
The most thankfull to the man in the sky that I had one in the truck was when I was helping a good friend work on his motor home. I spilt some transmission fluid on the headers that were wrapped in that high heat tape stuff. Moma me ya.... camp fires are not supposed to be in the engine compartment.
If his house burned...........he would have been living with us.
That would not be good.
P &P
Have you watched the news in the last ten years.
Fire has burned aahhhhh only a few homes. .......?
The most thankfull to the man in the sky that I had one in the truck was when I was helping a good friend work on his motor home. I spilt some transmission fluid on the headers that were wrapped in that high heat tape stuff. Moma me ya.... camp fires are not supposed to be in the engine compartment.
If his house burned...........he would have been living with us.
That would not be good.
P &P
Have you watched the news in the last ten years.
Fire has burned aahhhhh only a few homes. .......?
Petrol & Powder
Well-Known Member
I wasn't talking about residential fires.
When was the last time someone died in a school fire?